We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&D-driven technological progress in which countries are … countries it exchanges knowledge with. The diffusion of knowledge throughout the world explains a period of increasing world …. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network produces an extraordinary diversity of country growth performances, including …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge … country depends on its connections to the rest of the world and on the human capital of the countries it is exchanging … knowledge with. We show how the diffusion of knowledge through the world explains the evolution of global income inequality. It …

home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs …, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production function is estimated for the Netherlands for the period 1972-2001. It … suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …

this model we identify a formal relationship between international trade, productivity, and wages. We then examine the … trivariate relationship between trade, growth in total factor productivity (TFP), and the skill premium in a vector …